Davos 2015: Kerry to visit Nigeria 'in a couple of days'

US Secretary of State John Kerry giving a speech on Jan 23, 2015 at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. -- PHOTO: AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry giving a speech on Jan 23, 2015 at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. -- PHOTO: AFP

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday told an audience in Davos that he would visit Nigeria "in a couple of days" as part of a US push to counter extremist groups, including Boko Haram.

In a speech on the horrors inflicted by extremist groups, Kerry also said that in the fight against terror, there was "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia".

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